The final week of October saw a flurry of roster moves for the Pirates, and as many observers have already noted, there surely are more to come.
Last week saw – among other things – the club outright former keystone hopeful Kevin Kramer and outfield prospect Jason Martin to Indianapolis. In addition, the Mets claimed reliever Nick Tropeano and the Twins took left-hander Brandon Waddell off the Bucs’ hands. And on Sunday, the club designated reliever Nick Burdi for assignment after he underwent a second Tommy John surgery.
Plenty of attention will be on the Pirates bullpen for 2021, and one big question centers on the fate of a reliever who had great success two years ago and then regressed in a major way in 2019 before becoming a virtual nonentity in 2020.